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Table 5 Comparison of fit indexes of three CSAS models

From: Affective and cognitive components of students’ attitudes towards communication learning - validation of the Communication Skills Attitude Scale in a cohort of polish medical students

 

Better fit model

Four-factor CSAS

Two-factor CSAS

Original CSAS (with data from this study)

CMIN/DF

lower values

2.738

4.041

3.329

GFI

closer to 1.000

0.898

0.860

0.818

AGFI

closer to 1.000

0.867

0.821

0.786

NFI

closer to 1.000

0.789

0.747

0.650

IFI

closer to 1.000

0.855

0.797

0.727

TLI

closer to 1.000

0.828

0.766

0.699

CFI

closer to 1.000

0.853

0.795

0.724

RMSEA

lower values

0.067

0.089

0.077

AIC

lower values

487.764

615.543

1097.898

BIC

lower values

662.161

762.195

1307.967

  1. CMIN/DF The minimum discrepancy divided by its degrees of freedom
  2. GFI The goodness of fit index
  3. AGFI The adjusted goodness of fit index
  4. NFI The normed fit index
  5. IFI The incremental fit index
  6. TLI The Tucker-Lewis Index
  7. CFI The comparative fit index
  8. RMSEA The root mean square error of approximation
  9. AIC The Akaike Information Criterion
  10. BIC The Bayesian Information Criterion